UK Quiz Results, Week of 21-25 September: Every Weekday Quiz, Day by Day
Short version: The week is done, all five days went out on time, and only Monday's BBC Two hour produced anything a viewer could call a result. Southampton beat Queen's University Belfast 200–195 on University Challenge, the closest first-round match of the series so far. Tuesday to Friday was Michael Ball's week at the Pointless laptop, four episodes in a row, while Neil Delamere sat in Countdown's Dictionary Corner for all five afternoons. Nobody published a score for any of it.
This one page covers the whole week, and a cell is filled the moment two sources agree.
| Day | Tipping Point, 4pm ITV1 | The Chase, 5pm ITV1 | Pointless, 5.15pm BBC One | Countdown, 2.10pm C4 | BBC Two, Monday only |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 21 | Aired 4–5pm — outcome not confirmed | Aired 5–6pm — outcome not confirmed | Series 36, Ep 2 — Lucy Porter co-hosting; outcome not confirmed | Ep 61 — Neil Delamere in Dictionary Corner | University Challenge: Southampton 200, Queen's University Belfast 195. Mastermind Ep 9 and Only Connect Ep 11 aired; neither winner published |
| Tue 22 | Aired 4–5pm — outcome not confirmed | Aired 5–6pm — outcome not confirmed | Series 36, Ep 3 — Michael Ball's first episode as co-host; outcome not confirmed | Ep 62 — Neil Delamere in Dictionary Corner | — |
| Wed 23 | Aired 4–5pm — outcome not confirmed | Aired 5–6pm — outcome not confirmed | Series 36, Ep 4 — Michael Ball's second episode; outcome not confirmed | Ep 63 — Neil Delamere in Dictionary Corner | — |
| Thu 24 | Aired 4–5pm — outcome not confirmed | Aired 5–6pm — outcome not confirmed | Series 36, Ep 5 — Michael Ball's third episode, Scottish football round; outcome not confirmed | Ep 64 — Neil Delamere in Dictionary Corner | — |
| Fri 25 | Aired 4–5pm — outcome not confirmed | Aired 5–6pm — outcome not confirmed | Series 36, Ep 6 — Michael Ball's fourth episode, a round on quizzes themselves; outcome not confirmed | Ep 65 — Neil Delamere's last of the week | — |
Who won University Challenge on Monday?
Southampton and Queen's University Belfast played out the closest first-round tie of the series so far, and the two sides put 395 points on the board between them. That is 70 more than last Monday's UCL win over the Royal College of Art.
Southampton won, 200–195. We held the score back on Friday because only one source had it; a second independent write-up has since given the same 200–195, so the cell is now filled. That write-up also has Queen's going through to the repechage as one of the highest-scoring losing sides.
| Monday | Winner | Score | Losing side |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September | UCL | 210–115 | Royal College of Art |
| 21 September | Southampton | 200–195 | Queen's University Belfast |
| 28 September | Emmanuel College, Cambridge v Somerville College, Oxford, 8.30pm BBC Two | ||
How the three BBC Two formats score is set out in our Monday night quiz guide.
Did anyone beat the Chaser on Monday?
Nobody publishes the answer, so nobody can tell you. ITV puts no final-chase score on the ITVX episode page, none in its TV guide and none on the official YouTube channel, whose newest full clip is a summer special filmed in Barcelona.
That is why the Chase and Tipping Point columns say "outcome not confirmed" instead of carrying a number. Both slots ran to time on all five days — Tipping Point from 4pm, The Chase from 5pm — which is the part we can source. The weekday shape of all six shows sits in our weekday grid, and the ITV1 afternoon pair has its own page at what time Tipping Point is on.
What happened on Mastermind and Only Connect?
Both aired in the BBC Two block and neither winner is public. Mastermind's ninth show of the run carried four specialist subjects: the novels of Jeanette Winterson, the films of Nicole Kidman, the radio comedy Round the Horne and the Paris Commune of 1871.
Only Connect put Double Features against Accrual World in episode 11, with three of the six leaving at the end. The BBC names contenders and subjects in advance but never the result.
What changed on Pointless and Countdown this week?
Both changed the person sitting alongside the host, and both changes are checkable. Pointless is two episodes into Series 36; Lucy Porter took Monday's questions on Africa and comets, and Michael Ball took over at the Pointless laptop on Tuesday for episode 3. He was back alongside Alexander Armstrong on Wednesday for episode 4 and again on Thursday for episode 5, the one with a Scottish football round. Friday's episode 6, built around obscure knowledge of quizzes, made it four in a row: the BBC episode page names Ball as co-host, which settles the cell we had left open on Thursday night. The series details are in our Pointless Series 36 guide.
Countdown swapped Dictionary Corner guests on Monday. Marcus Brigstocke did last week's five afternoons; Neil Delamere has this week's, episodes 61 to 65 — Friday's episode 65 closed his week — with Colin Murray, Rachel Riley and Susie Dent in their usual places. Times and catch-up are on our Countdown page.
Was anything moved or dropped?
Nothing was, which is worth saying after a fortnight of football. From Monday to Friday ITV1 kept its 4pm and 5pm hours, BBC One kept 5.15pm and Channel 4 kept Countdown at 2.10pm; on Monday BBC Two also ran the full 7.30pm to 9pm quiz hour and a half. The week's planned grid is in this week on UK quiz TV.
Thursday's one regional wrinkle was in Wales, where BBC One Wales gave its evening to Portugal v Wales in the Nations League from 7.15pm; Pointless at 5.15pm was well clear of it. Friday passed the same way. Next Monday's BBC Two hour is already billed: Mastermind episode 10 at 7.30pm, Only Connect's knock-out between Six Sevens and Risk Takers at 8pm, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge against Somerville College, Oxford on University Challenge at 8.30pm. On the soap side of the same evening, our sister site has the full 21-25 September soap grid, including the Thursday change that moves EastEnders to BBC Two in Wales.
How does a cell get filled?
Two independent sources have to agree. For University Challenge that usually means the BBC episode page plus a results archive; for Pointless and Countdown it means the BBC One or Channel 4 schedule plus the episode entry, which is why those cells carry an episode number and a guest rather than a score.
For The Chase and Tipping Point there is rarely even one source, so nothing gets written in from a viewer's memory of the final chase. Last week's completed grid is at UK quiz results, week of 14-18 September, and the nightly slot detail for that week is on Friday's line-up.
Questions readers ask
Why does this page say "not confirmed" so often?
Because the broadcaster has not published the outcome. A cell is filled only when two sources agree, and a blank is more use than a guess.
Who won University Challenge on 21 September?
Southampton, 200–195 against Queen's University Belfast.
When does the grid get updated?
Every weekday morning after broadcast, at the same address. The byline time at the foot of the page tells you when it last changed.
Where can I watch this week's episodes back?
ITVX for The Chase and Tipping Point, BBC iPlayer for Pointless and the BBC Two block, Channel 4 for Countdown. More sits on the Chase page and under our UK quiz guides.
Sources
- BBC Two schedule, Monday 21 September 2026 — Mastermind Ep 9 at 7.30pm, Only Connect Ep 11 (Double Features v Accrual World) at 8pm, University Challenge Ep 11 (Southampton v Queen's University Belfast) at 8.30pm, checked 21 September
- BBC One schedule, Monday 21 September and Tuesday 22 September 2026 (Pointless 5.15pm, Series 36 Ep 2 and Ep 3, co-hosts named), checked 21 September
- University Challenge 2026-27 first-round table (21 September: Southampton 200, Queen's 195), confirmed by Jack's Online Writings (checked 28 September), alongside the independent University Challenge results archive, which had not been updated past 14 September when this page went up
- Channel 4's Countdown episode guide, Series 94 (first shown Mon 21 Sep 2026, Neil Delamere in Dictionary Corner), checked 21 September
- ITV TV guide, ITV1 row for 21 September 2026 (Tipping Point 4–5pm, The Chase 5–6pm, no schedule change), checked 21 September
- BBC One schedule, Wednesday 23 September 2026 (Pointless Series 36 Ep 4, Michael Ball with Alexander Armstrong), checked 23 September
- Channel 4 TV guide, 22 September 2026 (the dated guide page has since expired) (Countdown 2.10pm) and the TVmaze UK listing (Series 94 Ep 62, Neil Delamere), checked 23 September
- ITV TV guide, ITV1 rows for 22 and 23 September 2026 (Tipping Point 4–5pm, The Chase 5–6pm both days), checked 23 September
- BBC One schedule, Thursday 24 September 2026 (Pointless Series 36 Ep 4 aired Wednesday at 5.15pm; Ep 5 billed for Thursday with Michael Ball) and the TVmaze UK listings for 23 and 24 September (Countdown Series 94 Ep 63 and 64 at 2.10pm, Neil Delamere), checked 23 September
- ITV TV guide, ITV1 row for 24 September 2026 (Tipping Point 4–5pm, The Chase 5–6pm), checked 23 September, and the BBC One Wales schedule for 24 September (UEFA Nations League, Portugal v Wales, from 7.15pm)
- BBC One schedule, Friday 25 September 2026 (Pointless Series 36 Ep 6 at 5.15pm, co-host not named; the 24 September page confirms Ep 5 with Michael Ball), Channel 4 TV guide, 25 September (Countdown 2.10pm) with the TVmaze UK listing (Series 94 Ep 65, Neil Delamere), and the ITV TV guide, ITV1 rows for 25 September (Tipping Point 4–5pm, The Chase 5–6pm), all checked 24 September
- BBC episode page for Pointless Series 36 Ep 6 (Alexander Armstrong with co-host Michael Ball), the ITV TV guide, ITV1 rows for 25 September 2026 (Tipping Point 4–5pm, The Chase 5–6pm as broadcast) and the BBC Two schedule for Monday 28 September with the TVmaze UK listing, all checked 25 September